Screw driver



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SCREW DRIVER origirlal FileaFeb. e. 1924 BY .Y Y;

Patented Feb. .1, 1927.

OFFICE.

CHARLES F. WAHL, F WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

SCREW DRIVER.

appneation mea February e, 1924, serm- No. 690,915. Renewed member 15, 1926.

This invention relates to improvements in screw drivers and other tools having shanks and handles. A

The object of the invention is to provide a tool shank with a main handle xed to one end portion thereof and a supplemental handle movable relatively to the main handle'in combination with a novel, simple and eiicient construction and arrangement of partss which will permit the two handles to be used as. a single handle when the supplemental handle is in a normal position adjacent to the main handle, and which will ermit the supplemental handle to he move from its normal position'and engaofed with the shank close to the tool carried thereby to act as a lever for turning the shank' While pressure is applied to-one or both handles longitudinally of the shank to hold the tool against v2e the object with which it is engaged.

and a part of the supplemental handle, on

Vherein illustrated With the foregoing and related objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In' the accompanying drawings, illustratin the invention,

igure 1 isa side view of screw driver' embodying my invention,showing the supplemental handle in the normal position.

Figure 2 is a view similarto Fig. l, showing the supplemental handle lowered from the normal'position.

Figure 3 is a transverse section'through the device, on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a section through the shank line 4-4 o f Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates a tool shank and 5 a main handle fixedon the upper end portion thereof. The shank 2 is driven into the handle 5 and the handle 5 is provided with a ferrule 6 which surrounds the lower portion thereof and the adjacent portion of the shank 2.

The lower end portion of the shank 2 may be in the form of any suitable tool. As

it is formed into a screwdriving bit 7. t

The supplemental handle 8 is provided with a"proje'cting arm 9 one end of which is driven into-the body ofthe handle 8. .A

suitableferrule 10 surrounds a portion of the handle Sand arm 9. The proecting portion ofthe arm 911s tted between't eside arms ef a 'll-shaped member 11 which enr-- tra-ees the .Shank 2, and the member l1 is which serves to prevent the .in tightening a screw in its longitudinally on the the arm 9 ya plate 13 having a tooth 14: which y projects from the arm 9, the handle 8, arm 9, and tooth 14 being rigidly connected and forming in edect, a solid, integral structure.

Formed in the lower 2 some distance below the main handle 5 are a lurality of notches l1 5 Whichare arranged)v around the shank, as shown. The tooth 14; is adapted to enter any one of the notches 15 as and for a purpose presently described.

W hen the supplemental handle 8 is in the normal position, shown in'Fig. '1, the member 11 is housed within an' opening 16 in the lower portion of the ferrule 6, the wall of member 11 from turning on the'shank 2. f

The main handle 5 has a pin 17 driven into the same and `projecting therefrom.

portion of the shank The projecting portion of the pin 17 is' outwardly on its pivot 12 to move its opening 18 from the pin 17, the handle 8 and member -llmay be moved longitudinally on the shank 2, the main handle 5 limiting the upward movementthereof, and the downward movement thereof being limited by the projecting ends of a stop pin 19 which extends transversely through the .shank 2.

The operation of the device is as follows:

When the supplemental handle 8 is in the raised or normal position shown in Fig. 1, it and the main handle 5 form, in effect, a single handle which may be grasped by hand and used in the usual manner when the screw driver is in ordinary use.

great downward pressure and a great turnlng rassure p work, the supplemental handle 8 is nieved en its pivot 12 in loosening a tight screw o r en, however, it is desired to exert a the handle 8, as shown in Fig. 2.

'to move its opening 18 from the pin117 and the handle 8 and member 11 are moved down on the shank 2 until the memberl 11- rests against the stop pin 19. The handlerS. is then turned around the shank 2 until the tooth 14 comes into registry with one of the notches 15. The handle 8 is then moved still further on its pivot until the tooth 14 enters thejnotch 15 and bears against the base wall thereof which forms a stop to limit the outward and downward movement of -In this position of the parts downward pressure may be exerted against the two handles 5 and 8, and, at the bsame time, the

l supplemental handle may be operated as a lever to exertv great turning pressure against the shank. After the shank has been turned a given distance, the handle 8 may be raised slightly to disengage the tooth 14 from the shank 2 and then the handle 8 may be turned back until the tooth 14 comes into registry with another notch 15, whereupon it may be engaged therewith .and the '25 turning. voperation previously desc`r1bed repeated. It will thus be understood that the supplemental handle 8 may be-operated as a I position` adf 'acent to the first named handle to a position adjacent to said notchesand provided with means adapted to enter any 'one ofsaid notches to cause the shank to move with the supplemental handle, and a pin projecting from the first named handle and entering an opening in the supplemental handle and preventing the latter handle from being moved longtudinally of the shank when the supplemental handle is in the normal position.

In testimony' whereof I aix my signature hereto.

cHARLEs rT WAHL. 

